The Council of Shadows Brown University Presented by Edward Tremel Computational Archaeologist A Mysterious Disappearance Setting Providence two years ago CS research group vanishes without trace ID: 529312
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Arcane Rituals for Cryptography Performance Optimization
The Council of Shadows
Brown University
Presented by Edward
Tremel
,
Computational ArchaeologistSlide2
A Mysterious Disappearance
Setting: Providence, two years ago
CS research group vanishes without trace
Mysterious events surround disappearanceRain of bloodUnexplainable earthquakeSlide3
Investigation Leads to Puzzling Discovery
Document Fell Behind File Cabinet in Disused CIT BasementSlide4
The Ill-Fated Group’s Results?
Brown faculty deny existence of Council of Shadows
No such project ever funded
Results appear publishableSlide5
Search For Lost Archive Leads To Long-Abandoned Tunnel
Reached Beneath Basement of University HallSlide6
A Discovery of Ill Portent
Bricked up within building’s walls
Bound in human skin
Aura of corruptionObscure and forbidding runesSlide7
The Problem With Cryptography
Must sacrifice efficiency for security
Often does not scale
Fundamental operations involve difficult computationOptimizing math libraries a thankless taskSlide8
Black Magic: The Solution?
Instead, sacrifice the blood of the innocent for both efficiency and security
Often suggested in theory, but impossible in practice until book’s discovery
Detailed instructions for ritualsSlide9
Gathering the Materials
3 human hearts
2 pounds flesh
Extract of NightshadeAura of PestilenceStone carved with Elder SignDefiled altar of the Elder Gods1 goatSlide10
The Horrifying Experiment
Unsuccessful attempts
Required additional grave robbing
Accidentally summoned disgusting tentacle monsterSome incantations granted power, but too unstable to useSlide11
Exploiting the Dark Arts
Success: opened stable portal to plane of Elder Gods
Black magic used to solve modular exponentiation
Arcane forces allowed impossibly fast computationSlide12
Corruption-Based Computation
Low-level math library constructed with diabolical forces
ModExp
, Group ops, Field ops, Elliptic Curve pairingsChannel to Abyss used for source of true randomnessSlide13
Promising ResultsSlide14
But At What Cost?
Channel to Abyss may not be as stable as originally thought
Chaos leaking into mortal plane
Increased incidence of unholy monstrosities in Providence areaSlide15
He comes, oh god, he comes